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Probable-cause hearing today in Nashua shooting case

The Lowell Sun

Updated:
02/25/2013 11:16:19 AM EST

NASHUA -- A veteran MBTA police detective from Billerica was scheduled for a probable-cause hearing Monday after allegedly firing four shots into a Nashua hotel room, triggering a seven-hour police standoff two weeks ago.

On Feb. 16, in Nashua District Court, Gary Raymond McKeon, 47, of 23 Kenmar Drive, was charged with four counts of reckless conduct and one count of criminal threatening.

McKeon, son of retired Chelmsford Police Chief Raymond McKeon, was ordered held on $250,000 cash bail pending a probable-cause hearing on Feb. 25.

During his arraignment, McKeon told a judge that he needed help when the judge inquired if he is suicidal, The Telegraph of Nashua reported. The judge suggested McKeon speak to his lawyer about a commitment to the state hospital for mental-health treatment.

Nashua police say officers responded at 3:07 p.m. on Feb. 14 to the Radisson Hotel on Tara Boulevard to check on the well-being of a man. McKeon's family and friends told police that McKeon had been making "threatening and suicidal comments," police stated. Police learned McKeon was intoxicated and armed with a firearm.

Police allege McKeon used a .357 Magnum revolver to fire four shots into his hotel room. No one was injured. Nashua police Lt. Michael Moushegian told The Sun that he didn't believe the shots allegedly fired by McKeon were intended to hurt anyone.

Police also allege McKeon also went into the hotel hallway and pointed his .

At the end of the seven-hour standoff, McKeon was arrested after he voluntarily exited his hotel room without his weapon.

In December, McKeon was stripped of his weapon and badge due to a pending assault case in Lowell District Court. The 22-year MBTA police detective was released on personal recognizance after pleading not guilty to charges of assault and battery, intimidation of a witness, malicious destruction of property under $250, and threatening to commit a crime in a Dec. 16 domestic-assault case in Chelmsford.

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